Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Aug 12th, 2008
A few weeks ago I posted about a site and service called Comment Hunt.
Commenthunt.com is a site specialising in finding blogs with “dofollow comments”, meaning that if you comment on those blogs and include your url, the search engines will count your comment as a backlink for ranking purposes. Most blogs use “nofollow comments” […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews, List Building on Jul 27th, 2008
I’ve just received an email asking for some tips on Squeeze Page design, so here’s my thoughts on it …
Squeeze page design is a critical element of building an opt-in list. The rate at which your squeeze page converts your visitors into subscribers can have a huge effect on how quickly you grow your […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jul 4th, 2008
I’ve read in a lot of places that worrying about Google’s Page Rank (PR) is a waste of time as it’s not important to your rankings or traffic. One of the main arguments put forward is that the PR displayed to the public in the Google Toolbar is historic in nature and out […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jul 3rd, 2008
I’ve written a lot lately about search engine optimisation, in particular on what you should do to improve your search engine rankings. Well today I’ve written a short post on the opposite … what you should never do to improve your rankings, because if you do and you get caught by the search engines, […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jul 2nd, 2008
When you’re trying to achieve high search engine rankings, search engine keyword placement is important. Keywords define the subject of your web page or blog post, and are used by the Search Engines to categorise your pages.
In order to rank well, you “must” include your keywords in the following places:
1. Your Page […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 28th, 2008
This post could change the way you choose your keywords forever!
In yesterday’s post you learnt that the competition for a keyword isn’t always what it appears to be!
Well today you’re going to learn how to find and identify low competition keywords in minutes.
So let’s get started …
The single most important on-page optimisation thing […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 27th, 2008
Yesterday we discussed how when it comes to SEO you’re competing against your competitors and not against Google! This is a point some people miss. They believe they have to try and out smart Google to achieve top rankings. In reality, what you have to do is “out optimise” your competitors for […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 26th, 2008
When it comes to achieving great search engine rankings, a lot of people think they’re competing against Google … they’re wrong!
You’re actually competing with other sites who want to rank well for your targeted keywords, in other words …your competitors …
Here’s an analogy you may find useful …
Imagine you’re lost in the jungle with […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 14th, 2008
Quite a few of my recent posts have focused on off page optimisation, namely the importance of getting inbound links to boost your search engine rankings. In one of those posts I mentioned forum posting as a method for getting inbound links.
Well, I’ve just read a great post at DailyMoolah.com. It lists 14 […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 13th, 2008
You may have read my post on “Blog Commenting” the other day, that included methods for finding decent page rank blogs that allow “dofollow” comments.
Leaving comments on decent page ranking blogs that don’t use the “nofollow” tag for comment links can really help your search engine rankings, because providing they’re relevant to your niche, they […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 12th, 2008
In the last few posts, we’ve discussed the importance of anchor text variety as part of your inbound linking strategy.
Vary the anchor text you use and make your linking strategy look natural to the search engines.
The next question is …
“what text should you use in your anchor text links?”
Well the answer to this question lies […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 11th, 2008
Yesterday we discussed the importance of varying your anchor text when getting links from other sites to your pages. Anchor text variation is important because the search engines such as Google like to see natural linking patterns. When natural linking occurs, anchor text links appear as many different phrases. This is what […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 10th, 2008
Last week we discussed the importance of off-page optimisation, and the huge importance inbound links play in seo.
When you consider your inbound linking strategy, there are several factors that will influence how well you rank.
Firstly,the quality of the pages that your links appear on. Ideally, you want links to be placed on high page […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 5th, 2008
Ok, so far in this series of posts we’ve discussed several methods for getting inbound links to your web pages in order to boost your search engine rankings.
You can read the previous posts below:
Directory Submissions & Forum Posting
Reciprocal Linking
Article Marketing & RSS Feeds
Now for the final method in this series … Blog Commenting!
Commenting on other […]
Posted in SEO Tools & Reviews on Jun 4th, 2008
So far in this series of posts on Search Engine Optimisation, we’ve covered:
A Systematic Approach To SEO
The Importance Of Keyword Research
The Importance Of Inbound Links
Directory Submissions & Forum Posting
Reciprocal Linking
That brings us to two methods that will definitely get you lots of one way inbound links pointing back to your site, Article Marketing and RSS.
Let’s […]
